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Chapter 14

           Itwasliketheexcitementofbattleexceptthatitwasclean.Thereisawindthatblowsthroughbattlebutthatwasahotwind;hotanddryasyourmouth;anditblewheavily;hotanddirtily;anditroseanddiedawaywiththefortunesoftheday.Heknewthatwindwell.

           Butasnowstormwastheoppositeofallofthat.Inthesnowstormyoucameclosetowildanimalsandtheywerenotafraid.Theytravelledacrosscountrynotknowingwheretheywereandthedeerstoodsometimesintheleeofthecabin.Inasnowstormyourodeuptoamooseandhemistookyourhorseforanothermooseandtrottedforwardtomeetyou.Inasnowstormitalwaysseemed,foratime,asthoughtherewerenoenemies.Inasnowstormthewindcouldblowagale;butitblewawhitecleannessandtheairwasfullofadrivingwhitenessandallthingswerechangedandwhenthewindstoppedtherewouldbethestillness.Thiswasabigstormandhemightaswellenjoyit.Itwasruiningeverything,butyoumightaswellenjoyit.

           "Iwasanarroyeroformanyyears,"Pablosaid."Wetruckedfreightacrossthemountainswiththebigcartsbeforethecamionscameintouse.Inthatbusinesswelearnedtheweather."

           "Andhowdidyougetintothemovement?"

           "Iwasalwaysoftheleft,"Pablosaid."WehadmanycontactswiththepeopleofAsturiaswheretheyaremuchdevelopedpolitically.IhavealwaysbeenfortheRepublic."

           "Butwhatwereyoudoingbeforethemovement?"

           "IworkedthenforahorsecontractorofZaragoza.Hefurnishedhorsesforthebullringsaswellasremountsforthearmy.ItwasthenthatImetPilarwhowas,asshetoldyou,withthematadorFinitodePalencia."

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